And the chapters continue to get longer…haha. I almost have the next one done, but I don't know if I'll have to make small changes to this one in order for eight to make sense, so I might be editing this more eventually. In any case, enjoy it! This is one of my favorite chapters so far :)
Chapter seven.
"You ready to go?" Link whispered as he and Tracy swayed to the beat of a slow song.
"Well you seem like you are" Tracy giggled softly as she observed his anxious expression. "Why the hurry?"
"I haven't been alone with you all day…"
"Link, we drove here together, didn't we?"
"Yeah, but only for a few minutes…I…I already miss you." He laughed. "I know that sounds crazy…but I want you all to myself for a little while."
Tracy's heart immediately lurched. "Okay. But my parents said..."
Link grinned. "Don't worry…I'll have you home in an hour. Ten o'clock. I need to talk to your parents about something anyways."
Tracy raised her eyebrows. "My parents?"
"You'll see." he laughed.
She smiled bashfully and pulled away as the song ended. "Let me just say goodbye to Penny real quick…"
"Wow." Link let out a deep breath as he turned off the car in front of her apartment. "You're…so beautiful." He ran his hands up and down her arms, sending chills up her spine.
"Thanks. So are you." Tracy laughed.
Link smirked and opened his door, strolling around to the passenger side to let her out. "We've been driving around town for an hour and my heart still hasn't stopped pounding, knowing that you're sittin' next to me." He said with a smile, checking his watch. "Hmm…looks like I'm early. Thirteen seconds until you're supposed to be inside. What can we do…"
Tracy started to kiss him, but Link took over quickly, pulling her to him in one swift motion. "Allow me." he said, cupping her face in his hands.
He gently pushed her lips with his tongue and Tracy willingly opened her mouth, trying desperately to even stay conscious as her heart shot up in her chest. She could feel his lips curving into a smile over hers as the kiss grew more forceful. Tracy's front porch began to spin around so fast she had to shut her eyes to keep from passing out. Even with eyes closed, her thinking was blurred, and every single thing in the entire world, every thought, every person, every sound, completely disappeared. Nothing mattered but him. She started to break away gasping for air, but he pulled her back in, seizing her hungrily. Desire ran through every part of her body as she put her arms around his neck for support. Never before had she felt so charged, so complete. The longer he kissed her, the stronger their passions became, both needing more and more until time stood still. She couldn't breathe, but didn't want to leave those lips for one second. Finally, he noticed her lack of air and broke away, holding her face in his hands.
"…wow…" She gasped. "It…it just…keeps on getting better."
Link's eyes were glazed over with desire as he held her in his arms. "That…that was more than thirteen seconds. We've…gotta get you…inside."
Tracy groaned, tugging at the lapels of his shirt. "How can you do that to me and then send me away to my parents? Now I'll be up all night thinking about you, missing you. Well, not that I don't do that already…"
Link's face turned playfully serious and he slowly stepped away. "I'd better get back now before you jump on me again, huh?" Taking her hand, he slowly led her up the steps, hotly kissing her forehead before pushing open the front door.
Tracy quickly forced herself back to reality and away from any thoughts of…well, of anything else. Walking into the kitchen with Link tagging closely behind, she saw her mother washing dishes as her father cleared off the kitchen table.
"Tracy! You're five minutes late." Wilbur Turnblad frowned.
"Sorry, sir. That was entirely my fault, and I assure you, it won't happen again." Link stepped forward.
Tracy's dad smiled. "I'm sure it won't. Don't worry, I can cut you both some slack. I remember first love too."
Edna Turnblad turned away from the sink, smiling from ear to ear. "Oh, Wilbur." The two shared a private exchange of not-so-appropriate thoughts until Link awkwardly broke the silence. "I was actually hoping that I could speak to both of you…"
Edna jerked away, blushing. "Of course. Would you like some dessert?"
"Oh, no thank you, ma'am. I need to be going. But there was something I'd like to…ask…"
"Go ahead, Mr. Larkin." Wilbur smiled, seeming to know where the situation was leading.
"Well, Tracy and I, we are…we are very happy together. I care about her very much, and was wondering…if it's alright with you of course…if I might take her out on a date tomorrow night. Officially." He added, smiling at Tracy's surprised expression.
Tracy's father sat up, walking over to Link. "You seem like a wonderful young man. Bright, promising, and I know I can trust you with my daughter. Of course you have my permission." He smiled, shaking Link's hand proudly. "Come by around five and we'll have a little talk before you leave." He added, winking at his wife who knowingly smiled.
Tracy's heart stopped. He obviously planned to have THE TALK. She looked over at Link, expecting his face to reflect her thoughts. But he just smiled happily. "Of course sir. Thank you so much."
"Well, I'd better be going." He leaned in to kiss Tracy on the lips, still full of desire from their last, but then, as the two remembered the presence of their company, smoothly transitioned to a peck on the cheek. Squeezing her hand and mouthing a soft 'I love you', he walked away, opening the door. Turning around to see her watching him dreamily, he blew a gentle kiss before slowly stepping out into the night.
XXX
Tracy lay in bed, wide awake and staring at the ceiling. Every time she started to close her eyes, Link's face would materialize in her mind and she would relive the night all over again. Her lips were still tingling, and a little sore, from their last kiss. She had never known that it was possible to lose all sense of direction so easily. In the moment he had taken her face in his hands and dove into her mouth, she probably couldn't have even remembered her own name.
He could have asked me to do anything for him right then, and I would have done it, she thought. It was an exciting feeling, knowing that the one who you loved had so much control over your thoughts and decisions…and a little unsettling too.
Tracy rolled over and glanced at the clock. Three in the morning…the alarm would be going off in a few hours for the show's morning rehearsals. These thoughts can be addressed in the morning, finally beginning to drift off to sleep.
What if he had asked me to do something?
Tracy sat up, considering a new thought. If she had no control over herself when she was with him, how was she ever supposed to stop? Link would never go there, would he? She knew that he would take care of her, he had promised that before they had even started dating. "It was just a kiss!" she said to herself. "Nothing more…you can trust him." With newfound courage in their relationship, she closed her eyes and shut her mind, letting all thoughts of Link swirl into a pleasantly dream-filled slumber.
XXX
"Aw baby you didn't have to get up so early just to bring this over!"
Penny beamed at Seaweed. "Oh yes I did. I wanted to make sure you had plenty of good, healthy snacks to eat during rehearsals." She handed him the brown lunch bag and grinned. "You can kiss me now if you want…"
Seaweed laughed, swooping his girlfriend into a passionate dip.
"Hey, is Link here yet?" Tracy yelled over as she walked in.
Penny and Seaweed momentarily broke away to murmur an incoherent "no" before resuming.
Tracy sighed, smiling at the two lovebirds before heading over to the dressing room. Taking a seat, she checked her hair in the mirror, then began strapping on a pair of dance shoes. It was only a rehearsal, but she still wanted to look good for Link just as any other girlfriend would.
"Where's the boyfriend?" A loud gasp. "You aren't sitting on him, are you?"
"Hello Amber." Tracy finished fastening her shoes and started to get up.
"No, no. Tracy, sit back down." Amber pushed her back into her seat and pulled up a chair. "I'm here because I need to talk to you. Putting our obvious differences aside…I decided it was the right thing to do. Just to give you a heads up as to what you're getting yourself into."
"What do you want?" Tracy sighed. "If this is about Link, then I'm sorry. I never meant to hurt you. But it's not fair for you to ruin our lives just because he's with me now."
Amber's eyes grew large. "What are you talking about? I would never want to ruin your lives. In fact," she said, looking away, "this breakup came at a good time. I was about to dump him anyway. We were having some…disagreements, I guess you could say."
"Listen Amber, I don't want to hear about your personal life…"
"No! No listen…this is important. Tracy, Link and I were dating for two years, as you probably know. By the second date, we had already kissed. By our one week anniversary, we were saying 'I love you'. In-"
Tracy cut her off. As hard as she was trying not to let the references get to her, hearing Amber talk about their past relationship was starting to hurt. "Amber, stop."
"Just let me finish. In one month, we were making out at every chance, and second base never looked so good. Two months in I actually remember skipping class almost every day just so we could be together. He told me all the normal lines to string me along…I meant the entire world to him, he couldn't imagine life without me, I could trust and depend on him, he would love me for always and forever, yaddah yaddah yaddah. And I believed all of it. Because hey, he's gorgeous and let's face it, I'm beautiful. Who doesn't feel like that about me?"
Tracy rolled her eyes and looked in the mirror, pushing her mind away from the obvious fact that hit it. I'm not beautiful like Amber.
Amber leaned in. "Let me guess, he's told you those exact same lines." Tracy didn't answer. "Well, in any case, things quickly got to the point where I was in need of some boundaries. I mean, you might not believe it, but I'm a 'save it for marriage' kind of girl. He went along with my requests for a couple of weeks, and then we were right back where we started." She lowered her voice. "I guess here's what I'm trying to say. For the past year, he'd been trying every single night to get me to put out. But I stayed strong. I'm taking a wild shot that you don't have much experience in the dating area?"
Tracy turned red, looking down. Don't let Amber's words get to you…don't let it get to you...
"So here are the stats on the new generation of Link Love. You two have been going out, what, one week? And you already can't keep your hands off one another. You do the math. I'd say it won't be too long before he's demanding a home run." Amber smiled sympathetically. "I just thought I would let you know, and then you could decide how to react. I mean, maybe you'd want to consider giving it up to him. Good looks like that don't come around very often for a girl…like you."
Tracy could feel the tears coming. "Thanks for the advice…I should be going." Amber watched with a smirk as she quickly walked away.
Tracy didn't know where to run, finding crowds in every direction onset. Seeing a nearby storage room, she ducked inside, slamming the door shut and collapsing in a heap on the floor. "Its…not…true…" she whispered to herself. "He…he would…never…do that to…me…" She could hear the station's manager yelling for all society members to get onset.
Amber's just being Amber. It's different with me. It's different…Suddenly last night's heated kiss wasn't so spectacular. The thought of his beautiful eyes, hot with desire, sent Tracy's stomach into knots.
"I need every one here! NOW!" the muffled voice filtered through the door, and Tracy slowly brought herself up.
"It's. Not. True." She said softly one last time, taking a deep breath and brushing off her skirt as she headed to the set.
XXX
Reviews are great, as always. Hope you enjoyed this chapter and thanks so much for your support. You guys are so great about giving me feedback and I really appreciate it! Next chapter will be up soon!
